Question

The finance team of a company conducts a meeting to discuss the worthiness of investing its funds in the local share market. Although most of the team members support the idea, one member, Mikhail, feels that the proposed investment is risky as the stock prices of many companies in the market has been erratic. However, Mikhail does not voice his opinion fearing that his dynamics with the team would be affected. The phenomenon that reflects Mikhail’s psychology is called _____.

Answer 1

Groupthink

Step-by-step explanation:

Groupthink is a term first used in 1972 by social psychologist Irving L. Janis.

It is about a psychological phenomenon in which people want a consensus within a group by just being in agreement. In many cases, people will set aside their own personal beliefs or adopt the opinion of the rest of the group.

People who would naturally oppose the decision or overridie the opinion of the group as a whole frequently remain silent or irrelevant , preferring to keep the peace rather than disrupt the uniformity of the crowd.

In this case Mikhail was doing just this.